Stranger On Lesbos
“She came back to the present, looking around the living room with a slightly dazed expression. "I talk too much." "No, it's fascinating." Bake stood up, carried the coffee cups into the kitchen, and brought them back full and steaming. "I mean, you read about things like that, but I've never known anyone it really happened to." "It's nothing to brag about," Frances said shortly.
"Poor baby. I wish I'd known you then." "But I had books. And then when I got into high school there was Miss Put...nam." Tenderness crept into her voice. Miss Putnam, angular and strict like a comic-strip schoolteacher; where was she now? "She got me a scholarship to go to college," Frances said, cradling her cup in both hands and watching the tendrils of steam curl up into the warm air of the room. "A little denominational college where she'd gone. She knew somebody on the board, I think. She paid for my books and bought me a pair of shoes and lent me a suitcase to put my clothes in." Ma had been pleased and excited.MoreLess
"Poor baby. I wish I'd known you then." "But I had books. And then when I got into high school there was Miss Put...nam." Tenderness crept into her voice. Miss Putnam, angular and strict like a comic-strip schoolteacher; where was she now? "She got me a scholarship to go to college," Frances said, cradling her cup in both hands and watching the tendrils of steam curl up into the warm air of the room. "A little denominational college where she'd gone. She knew somebody on the board, I think. She paid for my books and bought me a pair of shoes and lent me a suitcase to put my clothes in." Ma had been pleased and excited.MoreLess
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